Toy submarine boat.



R. BATTEY.

TOY SUBMARINE BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. 191e.

Ifatented Dec. 1'?, Ql,

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.application 'filed 3.318. Serial No. 232,638.

To aZZ whom t may concern Be it'lmovvn that l, lrcnann Barrier, a citizen of Canada, residing at `rhmaimo, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented new and useful improvements in Toy Submarine Boats, of which the following is a. specification.

rihis invention relates to a toy submarine boat and the object is to provide a device for amusement purposes and consisting or" a hull having the form of a submarine boat designed for actual use and including receptacle adapted to he filled With Water for submerging the boat, upon the operation of suitable controlling mechanism.

A further object is to provide in connection With a construction of the character indicated suitable propelling and guidingapparatus.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of elements hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view chiefly in longitudinal section.

Fig. 2 is e top plan view.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section.

The hull of thel boat is designated 10 and may be of any suitable form, but preferably of the'form employed in submarines designed for actual use. rlhe propeller 12( is Carried On a shaft 13 driven by means of clock work mechanism or the like shown conventionally, and designated 14.

The rudder 15 is mounted between upper and lower bars or frames 1G and is carried on a vertically arranged shaft 17 this shaft being under the control of an arm 18 havinga handle portion 149 cooperating With the teeth of a rack member. Q0. T his permits the rudder to be placed in any desired position and to be retained in that position until reset by hand. The boat may thus be caused to travel in a circle or it desired to travel in a straight line.

The chamber designed to receive a suiicient quantity of Watertto provide for the submerging of the boat -is designated 24 and comprises an upper and lower Wall connected by means of flexible side Walls shown at 25, thus providing for the collapseo" the chamber and the discharge of the Water therefrom, or for the ejection of the air here the chamher has been lled with Water.

An outlet for the chamber is designated 26.

The chamber or tank is controiled by means of a device constituting an imitation periscope shown at 30 and' having connection with the upper Wall of the chamber at the point 31. This rod or imitation periscope operates Within a tubular member Or sleeve 33 having a longitudinal lslot in the side thereof for the accommodation of a pin coiled spring 36 is mounted between the upper portion of the hull connected with the upper Wali of the chamber. The chamber is position against the tension of the spring when the periscope is dravvn upwardly by hand and pin 34E is caused to engage a. notch in the upper portion of the slot in sleeve 33, by partly rotating element 30.

An imitation connin tower is designated 37 and the tubular mem er 33 passes through the central portion thereof.

VBefore submergirig the boat, the operat-. ing member 30 is depressed by the springy for the purpose of lcollapsing the chamber designed to he lled With Wat-er, and the air is thereby forced out of said chamber permitting Water to enter when the boat is partly submerged.

A sufficient amount of Water having entered the chamber the boat will bev gradually submerged, the member 30 being raised to a suitable position to permit the pin 3l to engage the top of the tube 33. The release of pin 311 by a partial rotary movement of element 30 will permit the spring to force the Water from the chamber and cause the boat to risc.

A Weight 40 is provided for stabilizing purposes, and servino in part to counterbalance the Weight et the rudder and propelling mechanism.

What is claimed is:

upper portion of the chamber and the f of the boat-and is"- retained in expanded I 1, ln a device of the class described, a hull,

a Water receptacle mounted therein and provided with an outlet extending through the hull, lsaid 'receptacle including collapsible Walls, and spring controlled means for collapsing the receptacle and means for placing the spring under tension.

2. in a device of the class described, a'

hull, propelling and guiding means, means for counter-balancing the weight of said propelling and guiding means, a Water receptacle provided with an opening extending through the hull,` said receptacle being provided with collapsible'Walls,-a member .ezgencling 3. n'a .cley-"ieeo the class descibeil, a

hull, af feeentnele mounted therein and proficlecl nlilieollapsible Walls, said 'eeeptnele ley tluougli 'die hull7 a inein- Lnfengli the nppeiportion of en lnill expanding the reeepacle, a sleeve Snreunding said nieinbei and pmvided with slot, an engaging device Carl'ied. by Suid membei und eopeatmg with the Slot, Said engaging device being; aclapecl to eonae with the uppei` end of the sleeve feiretnining lie receptacle in expanded p0- sition, and spring adapted to be placed unclei' tension by the manual operation of said member within the Sleeve.-

ln testimony whereof l my signature.

RCHRD BA TEY. 

